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ONCOR: ontology- and evidence-based context reasoner
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Towards intelligent mapping applications: a study of elements found in cognitive maps
Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
eSagu™: a data warehouse enabled personalized agricultural advisory system
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data
Building place ontologies for the semantic web:: issues and approaches
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WWTW: the world wide telecom web
Proceedings of the 2007 workshop on Networked systems for developing regions
An audio wiki supporting mobile collaboration
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Organizing the unorganized - employing IT to empower the under-privileged
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A critical evaluation of ontology languages for geographic information retrieval on the Internet
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Alternative localization approach for mobile phones without GPS
Middleware '10 Posters and Demos Track
Robit: an extensible auction-based market platform for challenged environments
Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Man versus machine: evaluating IVR versus a live operator for phone surveys in India
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development
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Many services taken for granted in the developed world are often missing from the developing countries. One typical example is that of map systems that form the basis of several location driven services. Its heavy reliance on content, provides a huge barrier towards building such systems. Further, in developing countries like India, the infrastructure typically has a history of unplanned development, leading to unorganized addresses and absence of standard naming conventions for roads. Detailed map systems such as online maps have only recently started becoming available but for major cities. Remote towns and villages remain out of reach till date. In this paper, we investigate a community-driven approach for creating maps in developing regions - following Web 2.0 principles, but not entirely relying on the existing Web. Our system, dubbed FOLKSOMAPS is an intelligent, community constructed map system, particularly architected with developing regions in mind. We present the design of FOLKSOMAPS, followed by an implementation of our proof-of-concept system. We present user studies aimed at understanding the uptake, usability and utility of FOLKSOMAPS. The results indicate a strong need for such a community-generated mapping ecosystem.